Loudon News

A Tennessee man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in an international conspiracy involving 19th-century railroad bonds and 100-year-old Chinese bonds.

From Staff Reports Originally published: November 25. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: November 24.

Several Loudon County farmers, representatives of UT Agricultural Extension Service and energy specialists converged on Alfred Davis' farm Wednesday afternoon to see how the switch grass project begun two years ago is progressing.

County Commissioner Austin Shaver presented a tentative plan to fund the first phase of the county school building program without raising taxes but some commissioners questioned his ideas.

Local and state dignitaries came out on Wednesday morning for the 2009 Veteran's Day ceremony on the lawn of the Loudon County Courthouse.

Some Loudon County residents are not pleased to learn that the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has recently ceased collecting certain data from air monitors in the county.

A Loudon teen is getting ready to live his dream. Blake Goins, 14, has been chosen for a December hunt sponsored by the Christian group Hope Outdoors.

The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville announces a call for entries for "New to Knoxville", a juried exhibition developed to give artists who are new to Knoxville and surrounding counties the opportunity to showcase their work in the Emporium Center.

PINPOINT 8 DOPPLER WEATHER CENTER -- The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a Frost Advisory for part of East Tennessee, for the early Monday morning hours.

Artist Larry S. Colea s a oeTwlight Riverfronta is part of the Nov. 7 Artsclamation! fundraiser.

When Katy Miller started working at the Lenoir City Post Office in 1978, a first-class stamp cost $13 cents, female postal clerks were uncommon locally, and electronic automation and computerization were still to come for the agency.

After years of planning and dreaming, months of work and preparation, and weeks surmounting glitches and setbacks, four Loudon women will be reopening the Fort Hill school building soon as a community arts center.

McMinn County's unemployment rate decline wasn't a major one but "we'll take it," said a labor market analyst for the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Investigators are asking for the public's help in tracking down a woman they say vandalized vehicles, stole what was inside, and then continued the crime spree.

It's the start of busy season for John Smook at Tennessee Valley Winery in Loudon County.

A Tellico man remained hospitalized at Vanderbilt Medical Center in critical condition Tuesday after he entered an electric substation in Vonore Monday, and was electrocuted by 13,000 volts, blowing a transformer, according to authorities.

Officers have rounded up 62 people wanted on outstanding warrants - some 3 to 4 years old - Roane County Sheriff's Department Detective Kris Mynatt said today.

I enjoy my work 80 percent of the time, which I figure is well above the national average.

The Loudon County school board cut its 2009-10 budget by about $800,000 Thursday night following a county commission mandate earlier this week that required school officials to bring in a balanced budget.

LOUDON COUNTY, Tenn. a ' Two people have been arrested in Loudon County on aggravated burglary charges.